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shading rasterizer

English translation: Warning: non-specialist :o)

01:11 Jan 12, 2002

English to English translations [PRO]Tech/Engineering / Computers -> Hardware

English term or phrase:shading rasterizer

(I will have a few more terms in separate kudoz. And all are from hardware user's manuals. I only need short and non-technical explanations in English, many thanks for all answers.)
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...pixel processor that lets developers produce special texture and shading effects... "Now with nfiniteFX, developers can manipulate the vertices and create an infinite number of their own unique effects." Nvidia believes that developers can use this programmability to create truly unique game engines capable of generating natural-looking hair, skin and other organic elements in real time.
(http://macweek.macworld.com/2001/02/18/0223geforce3.html)

NVIDIA Shading Technology Recognized for Advancing Game Development:

...the NVIDIA Software Development Kit (SDK) ... features the NVIDIA Effects Browser, which includes over 100 samples of effects that can be achieved with NVIDIA Shader Technology and the source code that was used to create those effects.
(http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=IO_20011209_7791)

Answers

22 mins confidence:

blanking circuit

Explanation:Caution: not sure, but ... I think it's this:

In a monitor (computer/TV screen), the flying dot that creates the image in the form of lines, has to be blanked out on its return path to start the next line, just below the previous one. The applied voltage during this part of the cycle is very low (e.g. negative), to create an invisible (non-)excitation of the phosphor on the inside of the front o the screen. The shape of the voltage pattern, therefore, is like a sawtooth.

...pixel processor that lets developers produce special texture and shading effects... "Now with nfiniteFX, developers can manipulate the vertices and create an infinite number of their own unique effects." Nvidia believes that developers can use this programmability to create truly unique game engines capable of generating natural-looking hair, skin and other organic elements in real time.
(http://macweek.macworld.com/2001/02/18/0223geforce3.html)

NVIDIA Shading Technology Recognized for Advancing Game Development:

...the NVIDIA Software Development Kit (SDK) ... features the NVIDIA Effects Browser, which includes over 100 samples of effects that can be achieved with NVIDIA Shader Technology and the source code that was used to create those effects.
(http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=IO_20011209_7791)

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